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Massacre at Mystic
The Massacre at Mystic also known as Pequot took place during the Pequot war a force from the Connecticut Colony under Captain John Mason and their Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River. -
The Scalp Act
Anyone who brought in a male scalp above the age of 12 would be gave 150 pieces of eight or the equivalent of $150. For females above the age of 12 or males under the age of 12, they would be gave $130. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
It said three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
In 1800 it was illegal for Americans to engage in the slave trade between nations, and gave U.S. authorities the right to seize slave ships that were caught transporting slaves and confiscate their cargo. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The Battle of Tippecanoe in Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and tribal forces -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was federal legislation of the United States that eqauled the desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it. -
Indian Removal Act
The law as described by Congress provided for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories and for their removal west of the river Mississippi. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the Five Civilized Tribes between 1830 and 1850, and the additional thousands of Native Americans within that were ethnically cleansed by the United States government. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
Provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a federal territory -
Dred Scott Decision
Was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and therefore they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the Constitution conferred upon American citizens. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are and henceforward shall be free. -
13th Amendment
It forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control, except as a criminal punishment. -
14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with equal protection under the laws. -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for people of color were equal in quality to those of white people a doctrine that came to be known as separate but equal.